U.S. patent application number 09/862908 was filed with the patent office on 2001-12-20 for coffee filter pack apparatus & method.
Invention is credited to Herod, Walter.
Application Number | 20010053399 09/862908 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 26902829 |
Filed Date | 2001-12-20 |
United States Patent
Application |
20010053399 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Herod, Walter |
December 20, 2001 |
Coffee filter pack apparatus & method
Abstract
A coffee filter pack apparatus has a coffee filter bag formed
with a plurality of coffee filter sheets attached together to form
a plurality of enclosed spaced therein, each enclosed spaced having
a plurality of measured amounts of predetermined ground coffee. One
of the coffee filter sheets has indicia thereon to indicate the
direction of flow of heated water through the coffee bag during
brewing of the coffee. A method of making a coffee filter bag
includes the steps of selecting predetermined amounts of first and
second ground coffee, closing each into attached first and second
coffee filter bags, and labeling the combined coffee filter bags to
indicate the direction of flow of heated water therethrough.
Inventors: |
Herod, Walter; (Deltona,
FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
William M. Hobby, III
Suite 375
157 E. New England Avenue
Winter Park
FL
32789
US
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Family ID: |
26902829 |
Appl. No.: |
09/862908 |
Filed: |
May 22, 2001 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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60208031 |
May 31, 2000 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
426/78 ;
426/594 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 85/8046 20130101;
A23F 5/267 20130101; B65D 85/8061 20200501 |
Class at
Publication: |
426/78 ;
426/594 |
International
Class: |
A23F 005/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A method of making a coffee filter pack comprising the steps of:
selecting a predetermined amount of a first ground coffee;
selecting a predetermined amount of a second ground coffee;
enclosing said selected first ground coffee into a first coffee
filter bag; enclosing said selected second ground coffee into a
second coffee filter bag attached to said first filter bag; and
labeling said attached filter bag to indicate the direction of flow
of heated water therethrough; whereby a dual coffee filter pack
separates two types of coffee during brewing.
2. A method of making a coffee filter pack in accordance with claim
1 in which said selected first and second ground coffees are
enclosed in first and second coffee bags having a common filter
wall separating said first and second ground coffees.
3. A method of making a coffee filter pack in accordance with claim
2 in which said labeling includes printing on one said filter bag
wall.
4. A method of making a coffee filter pack in accordance with claim
3 in which said labeling includes printing TOP on one said filter
bag wall.
5. A method of making a coffee filter pack in accordance with claim
4 in which the step of selecting first amount of ground coffee
includes selecting a low acid coffee.
6. A method of making a coffee filter pack in accordance with claim
5 in which the step of selecting second amount of ground coffee
includes selecting a highly flavored coffee.
7. A method of making a coffee filter pack in accordance with claim
1 in which the step of enclosing said first and second ground
coffees includes enclosing said first and second coffees in a dual
coffee filter bag having three sheets of filter material having one
filter sheet separating said first and second ground coffees.
8. A coffee filter pack comprising: a coffee filter bag formed with
a plurality of coffee filter sheets attached together to form a
plurality of enclosed spaces therein; a plurality of measured
amounts of predetermined ground coffee filling each enclosed space
in said single coffee bag; and at least one said coffee filter
sheet having indicia thereon indicating the direction of flow of
heated water through said coffee filter bag; whereby a multiple
compartment coffee bag separates a plurality of coffees during
brewing of coffee with a plurality of coffees.
9. A coffee filter pack in accordance with claim 8 in which said
coffee filter bag plurality of coffee filter sheets are sewn
together.
10. A coffee filter pack in accordance with claim 8 in which said
coffee filter bag plurality of coffee filter sheets are attached
with an adhesive.
11. A coffee filter pack in accordance with claim 8 in which one
said coffee filter sheet has indicia thereon indicating the top of
the coffee filter pack.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a coffee filter pack and
especially to a coffee filter pack designed to improve the taste of
coffee made in an auto-drip coffee maker.
[0002] In the past, it has been common to provide both coffee and
tea leaves in filter bags. In the case of tea leaves, the bags are
typically provided with a string with a predetermined amount of tea
leaves in a filter bag which is then dangled in a cup of hot water
for making hot tea. In the case of coffee, filter bags are
typically a pancake-shaped disc made of two coffee filters
enclosing a predetermined amount of ground coffee therebetween
which can be placed in an auto-drip coffee maker. The heated water
is dripped onto the coffee filter pack and into a coffee pot. This
type of filter pack has the advantage of having the ground coffee
premeasured and avoids having to place a separate filter within an
auto drip coffee maker. It also allows for easy cleanup since the
ground coffee remains stay within the filter pack so that the
filter pack can be easily removed and thrown away. Coffee filter
packs are typically made in an amount so that one, two, or three
coffee filter bags can be placed within the auto drip coffee maker
for making the coffee stronger or weaker as desired.
[0003] The coffee filter pack of the present invention includes
dual coffee filter packs with different amounts and different types
of coffee within each divided filter pack section. The coffee pack
identifies the top from the bottom of the pack to allow the coffee
to filter in one direction of travel to produce the desired
result.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] A coffee filter pack apparatus has a coffee filter bag
formed with a plurality of coffee filter sheets attached together
to form a plurality of enclosed spaced therein, each enclosed
spaced having a plurality of measured amounts of predetermined
ground coffee. One of the coffee filter sheets has indicia thereon
to indicate the direction of flow of heated water through the
coffee bag during brewing of the coffee. A method of making a
coffee filter bag includes the steps of selecting predetermined
amounts of first and second ground coffee, closing each into
attached first and second coffee filter bags, and labeling the
combined coffee filter bags to indicate the direction of flow of
heated water therethrough.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0005] Other objects, features, and advantages of the present
invention will be apparent from the written description and the
drawings in which:
[0006] FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a filtered coffee bag in
accordance with the present invention;
[0007] FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a filtered coffee bag of FIG.
1; and
[0008] FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of a second embodiment of a
filtered coffee bag in accordance with the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0009] Referring to the drawings, FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a
filtered coffee bag 10 having a top filter 11 and a center filter
12 forming a ground coffee holding area 13 filled with a
predetermined ground coffee 14. A second filter 15 is placed below
the filter 12 and the filters 11, 12 and 15 are attached together
with attachment 16. The filter can be threadedly sewn together or
adhesively attached as desired. The filter 15 forms an area 19
between the filters 15 and 12 and is filled with a predetermined
ground coffee 17. The coffee 14 is a low acid helper coffee placed
in the top filtered section while the coffee 17 in the lower coffee
area is a more highly flavored coffee, such as a Columbian coffee,
having a specific desired taste. In one preferred embodiment for a
six cup filter pack, the top filter area 13 can be filled with two
tablespoons of a helper coffee while the bottom area 19 can have
three tablespoons of a more flavorful coffee 17. As seen in FIG. 2,
the top filter 11 has indicia 18 thereon, such as spelling the word
"top", so as to distinguish the top from the bottom filter area to
ensure that the heated water passes through the coffee filter pack
in the right direction.
[0010] FIG. 3 shows an alternate embodiment in which the coffee
filter pack 20 has a top filter 21 and a bottom filter 22 forming a
coffee holding area 23 filled with ground coffee 24. A bottom
filter 25 is attached to an intermediate filter 26 to form the
coffee holding area 27 filled with the coffee 28. Thus, two filter
packs are formed which are attached with the attachment means 30
which can be threadedly attached or adhesively attached as desired.
It will be clear that the top filter 21 will have indicia, such as
shown in FIG. 2. The bottom filter 25 may also be identified with
the word "bottom" or some other indicia. I have found that the
improved taste of the coffee depends upon the hot water passing in
the right direction between the two filtered coffees. The use of
two different types of ground coffee, one a helper coffee low acid
and one a highly flavored coffee produces an improved cup of coffee
without any increase in the amount of coffee used to make a pot of
coffee. In addition, the cost is reduced by the use of a less
expensive coffee as a helper coffee in combination with the more
flavorable coffee.
[0011] It should be clear at this time that a convenient coffee
filter pack has been provided which advantageously improves the
taste of the coffee while providing coffee in a convenient filter
pack for use in auto drip coffee makers.
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